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| cover courtesy of Kensington Books |
Publish Date: February 28, 2012
Publisher: Kensington Books
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
FIRST LINE
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It was just after six o’clock on the evening of July 18, 2003.
This is my first true crime by M. William Phelps and I wasn’t
disappointed. Phelps offers insight into the brutal slaying of 4 teenagers that
no newspaper could articulate. The timeline was laid out so that someone like
me (who isn’t from the Houston area and never heard about this crime) could
follow easily. Each time that I put the book down the story stayed with me,
beckoning me to finish.
Phelps starts his book with the discovery of the 4 teens and takes the
reader thru clues that were right there but because of mislabeling and an
understaffed police department, the discovery and conviction of the killer
doesn’t come to pass until October, 2008. The reader feels the hopelessness and frustration that family members went through. One thing that is obvious is that
there were a few people that never gave up and because of them the killer was eventually caught.
I will definitely be picking up another book written by Phelps. Caution
to some people, Phelps goes into vivid detail of the crime scene and
it is not for the faint of heart.
PURCHASE NEVER SEE THEM AGAIN
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